[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1998, Book I)]
[June 19, 1998]
[Page 1010]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Presidential Determination No. 98-32--Memorandum on the Purchase of 
Airline Tickets to Lebanon
June 19, 1998

Memorandum for the Secretary of Transportation

Subject: Purchase of Airline Tickets to Lebanon

    By virtue of the authority vested in me by 49 U.S.C. 40106(b), I 
hereby determine that the prohibition of transportation services to 
Lebanon established by Presidential Determination 85-14 of July 1, 1985, 
as amended by Presidential Determination 92-41 of August 17, 1992, is 
hereby further amended to permit U.S. air carriers to engage in foreign 
air transportation, solely through interline arrangements, of 
passengers, including U.S. and non-U.S. citizens, and their accompanying 
baggage, to and from Lebanon and to permit U.S. and foreign air carriers 
to sell in the United States air transportation services for passengers, 
including U.S. and non-U.S. citizens, to and from Lebanon.
    All other prohibitions set forth in the above-referenced 
Presidential Determinations, including the prohibition on direct 
operations to Lebanon by U.S. air carriers, remain in effect.
    Presidential Determination 95-42 is hereby revoked. You are directed 
to implement this determination immediately and to revoke effective 
immediately any regulations inconsistent herewith.
    You are further directed to publish this determination in the 
Federal Register.

                                                      William J. Clinton

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on June 22, but it was not received for publication in the Federal 
Register.